328: Repairing Broken Family Relationships with Laura Davis

<div>Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Laura Davis about the complexity of repairing broken family relationships.</div> <div> </div> <div>Laura Davis is the author of The Burning Light of Two Stars, the story of her loving, tumultuous relationship with her mother, and six other non-fiction books. Her first book, The Courage to Heal, paved the way for hundreds of thousands of women to heal from the trauma of sexual abuse. Becoming the Parent You Want to Be helped parents develop a vision for the families they want to create. I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: The Road from Estrangement to Reconciliation taught the skills of reconciliation and peace building, one relationship at a time.</div> <div> </div> <div>Laura’s new memoir, <em>The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story</em> is the riveting story of her embattled relationship with her mother Temme, their determination to love one another, and the dramatic and surprising collision course they ended up on at the end of Temme’s life. For the millions of readers of Laura’s first book, <em>The Courage to Heal, The Burning Light of Two Stars</em> is both prequel and sequel, revealing in page-turning, intimate detail how Laura reconciled with the mother who betrayed her, and came to care for her in her final days.  <br /> <br /> <strong>Resources</strong></div> <div><br /> <a href="http://www.lauradavis.net/bibliotherapy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.lauradavis.net/bibliotherapy</a></div> <div> <p>You can also read the first five chapters of <em>The Burning Light of Two Stars</em> <a href= "https://lauradavis.net/the-burning-light-of-two-stars/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>: <a href= "http://www.lauradavis.net/chapters" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://www.lauradavis.net/chapters</a></p> <p>Laura has also created a free customized discussion guide for use in therapy and in support groups, with clients dealing with estranged relationships, grief and loss, Alzheimer’s and end-of-lif